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Pamela Anderson is no stranger to beauty, but she now cultivates a different kind – one that thrives in soil, sunlight and patience. Her new guide to gardening, informally dubbed her “Rules of the Garden,” reads less like a manual and more like an approach to life – after all, “life is like a garden… tend to it kindly, forgive the weeds, and cherish what blooms,” Anderson shares.
Even outside her greenery, Anderson has long been attentive to the details in everything she does – from her work in film to her recent collaboration with Flamingo Estate on family-recipe pickles. The Rules of the Garden were brought to life in a recent Sonsie Skin campaign, reflecting the same fastidious approach that defines her clean beauty line. And now, in the serenity of her backyard, she offers a set of guiding principles that invite anyone willing to participate to see gardening as a practice in patience and observation.
Rule 1: No Hovering
Pamela insists that growth is not achieved through constant interference. “Give it what it needs and leave it be. Hovering never helped anything grow,” she reminds us.
Rule 2: Handle Everything with Love
Every interaction with the garden is an opportunity to impart care. “It remembers how you treat it,” Anderson notes, a gentle reminder of the reciprocity between gardener and earth.
Rule 3: Never Aim for Perfection
There is beauty in imperfection, so “let the mess become the magic,” she advises.
Rule 4: Tend Below the Surface
True work happens hidden from view, where roots twist and twine. Anderson urges attention to what lies beneath, where the foundation of growth is formed.
Rule 5: Stick to a Rhythm
Patience is a gardener’s most loyal companion. “Do not rush something that you want to last,” she observes.
Rule 6: Trust the Process
Let it evolve. “There is beauty in the becoming,” she encourages, celebrating the slow emergence of life.
Rule 7: Just Let it Be
“The differences are what make it beautiful,” Anderson concludes.
